Fermium by Patrick Palmer


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* Fermium named after Italian-American scientist Enrico Fermi.

* Was descovered in 1952 by a team of scientist led by Albert Ghiorso testing the hydrogen bomb.

* Source of the symbol – From the name


* Melting point – 1527 C

Boiling point - none

Density - none

Abundance in the Earth’s crust (crust includes air, water, and land) - unknown

* Uses (how this element is used) – Is sometimes used in scientific uses but has not much use knowing there isn’t even much data found for this.

* Interesting facts – This element was found during testing of the hydrogen bomb. It is a radioactive metallic element. Is classified as one the “Rare Earth’s Elements”.

* Sources:


http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele100.html
http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/100.html
http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/C-K/Fermium.html